Why servers used CLI based OS?

  • Most of the servers currently used CLI based operating systems.

What is a server?

  • A server is a computer that provides services resources or data to other computers over a network.
  • A server can be physical(hardware), virtual(software), cloud based(host in a cloud).
  • Some of the common types of servers are web Server, file server, database server, application server, etc.

Why servers use CLI based OS?

In our servers, we used mostly CLI based operating system because of two main reasons.

  1. Lightweight
  2. Automation

LIGHTWEIGHT:

  • When you have a server with CLI based OS, It need not process anything related to displaying images, icons, Etc.
  • This helps in saving CPU cycles and can be used for other important work like serving requests, processing and data, etc.

AUTOMATION:

  • Automation is a process or system that can be automatically controlled, operated or performed with minimal human effort.
  • In CLI based operating systems, it is easy to automate because everything we do is a command. We can issue any command to literally do anything in our OS.
  • For example, without opening the settings we can change the Internet setting or without opening the file explorer or disk management we can change partitions, delete partitions, etc.
  • Meaning, we can literally do anything with just a command.

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